flsdiver

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Indeed, corrected.

Livnitup

Congrats flsdiver! I've always wanted to see someone try this that didn't have ambient lighting and use FORScan to enable it.

DXB_F150

Can't we see the results?!

flsdiver

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Why thanks, you may want to update your spreadsheet with the BCM entry i found (tricky that one), and thanks for the ones you did have, they worked great. Without the other BCM entry, the ambient will only work until the truck turns off lamps after close the doors, then BCM will not reactivate the ambient when doors opened, until yet another BCM is reset in forscan, not at all useful in every day life! I found the entry by doing BCM compare and then trying about 14 different potential changes...that was fun with about 30 BCM flashes to find it.

? Video link in 1st post shows it in action. All i have installed so far is passenger console and front foot wells. More parts to come in Wed...more pics/video of those installs, as they will be difficult in console and doors.

I don't have pics, and not sure i want to disassemble the glove box again. sorry, should have done it, i got too wrapped up. cut is approx 12" by 3/8" just enough to allow the led bar part to go up into dash. The outer plate that sits flush on the dash is oversized by at least 3/8" to 1/12" on every side of that cut. This give some allowance for error in the cut you will never see, unless you really are not careful and make a huge mistake. It's also relatively out of site, you have to look up under there to see the bar. It's quite obvious once you would see the part. I used a large sized dremel cutting wheel/disk to do it, that make the wheel spin along the cut line at a 90 degree angle to the dash. Probably a 1 to 1.5" diameter? With that, you can make a fairly straight cut and trime with razor blade to make final fitting. I snap a pic of that part of how to place dremel and cut.

gpojunk

And, if I understand right, to retrofit this in an XLT that didn't have it, one has to pull wire to all LED locations? No factory wiring exists in the doors or other locations for trucks not equipped with the factory install of the ambient lighting?

flsdiver

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Correct, there is no wiring in the 2 main wring harnesses 14A005 and 14401 which are the dash and body harnesses. The BCM connectors C2280B pin 13, C2280C pin 4, and C2280E pin 38 have no pins in them. Center console connector C3133 (by the passenger seat also has no wire to pin 1
You could order those harnesses and do it pure factory, but then you will have to rewire entire cab.

I have not been in the doors or center console yet to know exactly what needs to be done there, i presume the same. I will just run my own wires.

I have my own wiring harness run from BCM across the dash, and down both door sills to do rear seats and long enough to get into the doors. Advantage is, i can disconnect the BCM 3 wires, and i am totally back to stock should i have warranty issues.
I would say i have large amount of it done, with splits to center console and doors, but nothing wired on the ends yet. I think probably 24 hrs of wiring, soldering and cutting the dash for passenger console invested so far. As noted, will take 3 spools of about 50ft each of wire to do this. Of course it took probably 60 hrs to get service manual, find part numbers, figure out the BCM connectors, find the service pig tails, and plan my wiring. Tons of work, but really cool, and this is stuff i like to attempt.

TexasFording

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Can you post a picture of the actual LED wire when you get them? Also, would you mind posting a large hi-res picture of the connectors/harnesses? I am struggling to see which connectors are which (the BCM picture).

I think I'll spring for this mod.

Thanks, appreciate it.

EDIT: also, what is the difference in the parts? Everything is the same for the exception of one digit:

flsdiver

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I updated the main thread with connector diagram pin outs. What i did was look at wire colors of connectors i could see into, and verified existing colors matched the connector pin out for stuff i did have, then i knew i was dealing with right connector.

Not sure of the doors or center console yet, this was from call out and parts guy. When i get those parts in i will verify correctness and snap some pics this time. All i had was this from fordparts.com and parts guy local looked stuff up in computer. D, E, F for the doors are the right parts i think, but i may have locations mixed up. I will know more and update once i get them. Please don't order this yet until i can verify, i would hate to tell you wrong.

JAMADOR

Nice work, assume similar for Sync3?

flsdiver

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No way for me to know...i presume BCM is the same, that does all the work. Sync just tells BCM what color/intensity to use. If you can enable Ambient menu and screen in Sync3, i presume it would work. no way for me to know for sure of course.